Carrie Duncan

Carrie Duncan (1895-January 1923) was a female American aviator who aimed to achieve the first transcontinental flight by a woman. Duncan aimed to make a 30-hour flight across North America, and many women looked up to her, while men dismissed her due to her gender. Duncan took off from Cape May on the morning of 1 January 1923, but she crashed near Yosemite a few days later.